Sahameddin Bourghani

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New
York, January 20, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the most recent spate of press freedom violations in Iran and calls on authorities to immediately
reverse its crackdown on the press.

Iran lead the pack of countries with the most imprisoned journalists in 2011, holding 43 behind bars. This week Iran added to its reputation with the arrest of at least three prominent journalists: Marzieh Rasouli, Parastoo Dokouhaki, and Sahamoddin Bourghani. Decrying what he calls a "revolving prison door," routinely releasing journalists while arresting others, CPJ's Mohamed Abdel Dayem is quoted in The Guardian discussing the latest deterioration of press freedom in Iran.